Navy/USMC

A senior official recently said the Navy is assessing every Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) attack submarine to ascertain if they can extend their service lives by a few more years. The […]

A top Navy official said the service is on track to deploy hypersonic weapons to a surface ship then a submarine later this decade, as long as they restart testing […]

The U.S. Navy said on Nov. 18 that it has accepted delivery at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine Shipyard in Marinette, Wis. the future USS Minneapolis–St. Paul (LCS-21)–the 11th Freedom-class LCS […]

Editor’s note, 11/19/2021, 12:41 p.m. Eastern time. The story was changed to show that the program has two months of margin, according to the Navy’s program executive officer for strategic […]

The Navy confirmed it is cannibalizing parts from an aircraft carrier under construction and putting them on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) so it can deploy on time in […]

The Australian ambassador to the U.S. confirmed the new AUKUS nuclear submarines will use Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) and plan to avoid needing a civilian nuclear industry. “The subs will […]

The Navy and General Dynamics’ [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW) announced the start of fabrication of another Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) Flight III destroyer, the future USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132), in […]

The Navy recently awarded five companies indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Awards Construction Contracts (MACC) to compete on Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) task orders worth up to $8 billion […]

Retired Adm. James Foggo, the dean of the newly formed Navy League think tank called the Center for Maritime Strategy, said he sees the new organization as akin to the […]

The Navy Department is preparing to host a new set of unmanned prize challenge competitions Nov. 16 -19 it advertises as “Blue Angles for geeks,”  that aims to help accelerate […]